The UAE – Vietnam Trade and Investment Forum opened in Hanoi on October 15 with the aim of fostering economic, trade and investment cooperation between Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The administration of Ho Chi Minh City and the British Business Group Vietnam (BBGV) held a conference on October 14 to seek ways for removing difficulties facing British investors.
Vietnam has been named one of the rising stars of global trade with the sixth position among the top 20 markets with the greatest potential for future trade growth, according to a recent report by Standard Chartered.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stressed that developing the collective economy must start from people’s demand, during a teleconference in Hanoi on October 14 reviewing the 15-year implementation of the resolution on renewing, developing and improving the efficiency of the collective economy and cooperatives.
The medium-term outlook for the Vietnamese economy is broadly positive despite persistent downside risks, the World Bank (WB) said in its East Asia and Pacific Economic Update released on October 10.
Economies of East Asia and the Pacific as a region together outperformed other regions of the world with the highest media score – topped off by Singapore which elevated as the world’s most competitive economy, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s 2019 Report.
China’s General Administration of Customs has given the green light for the country to import three more species of Vietnamese aquatic products, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Asia – Africa Market Department.
Circular 56/2019/TT-BTC dated August 23, 2019 of the Ministry of Finance will take effect on October 15. To effectively deploy this circular, the Express Cargo Customs Branch under Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department has actively met and discussed with express and postal enterprises.
Within the framework of the 13thAsia-EuropeMeeting (ASEM) Customs Directors-General and Commissioners Meeting held by the General Department of Vietnam Customs on October 9 in Ha Long City, Quang Ninh province, Deputy Minister of Finance Do Hoang Anh Tuan had a reception with Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Dr. Kunio Mikuriya.
Opportunities created by free trade agreements (FTAs) for Vietnamese farm produce to access big markets in the world were explored at the 4th national farmers’ forum in Hanoi on October 11.
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